City officials are still trying to obtain funds to construct a restroom in Legion Park.
Earlier this month, the City Council approved a resolution for the city to apply for a $120,000 Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program matching grant to pay for a restroom in the downtown Arlington park.
Community members recently had an opportunity to check out a collective farm festival.
Organizers held Red Rooster Route Days on July 24-25 at a variety of farms located in the Arlington area.
ARLINGTON — Organizers are using their creativity to fund a sign project in Arlington.
City employees and Arlington Arts Council volunteers will be holding a charity golf tournament at Gleneagle Golf Course on Saturday, Aug. 7.
Proceeds from the event will help pay for a gateway sign into Arlington — something the city has never had.
ARLINGTON — Gary Moffett knew something bad had happened when he opened the gate to Arlington School District’s bus yard.
“I saw a couple of wipers hanging down,” Moffett said. “I didn’t notice the glass. I’ve never seen anything like this before.”
Upon further investigation, the district bus mechanic noticed that the damage appeared to be much worse — 40 school buses had been damaged.
Authorities said that sometime between Friday, July 30 and Monday, Aug. 2, somebody broke into the district’s bus yard, located in the 19000 block of 63rd Avenue NE, and damaged bus windows, windshields, seats and windshield wipers.
SNOHOMISH COUNTY — Voters should soon start seeing their 2010 primary election ballots in the mail.
The Snohomish County Auditor’s Office was scheduled to mail the ballots July 29 for the Aug. 17 election.
The top two candidates from each partisan race will move on to the Nov. 2 general election. Non-partisan races, such as state supreme court, will not appear on the primary unless there are three or more candidates running.
In northern Snohomish County, a number of local and statewide positions are on this year’s ballot.
Property taxes could soon be on the rise in Arlington to help combat dwindling school district coffers.
The Arlington School Board is voting next month on whether it should take advantage of a new state law that allows districts to raise their levy lids by up to 4 percentage points.
ARLINGTON — Teachers and classified staff are not the only Arlington School District employees who will see a change next school year.
A number of administrators in the district have changed positions or have new duties, most notably at Arlington High School.
The school’s former principal, Kurt Criscione, has accepted a position as the director of elementary support. He was at the high school for the past six years.
When Larry Starr was editing his grandfather’s original manuscript, he came across references to “the war veterans.”
Not thinking much about it, he continued his painstaking work of transcribing onto his computer his grandfather’s first-person accounts of lumber harvesting in the late 19th century.
Maryn Gregory’s tastes are similar to many 10-year-olds — she has an affinity with soccer, animals and books.
But it was the Presidents Elementary School student’s creative side that came out during a recent summer art class at Arlington High School.
ARLINGTON — A local author will be holding a book signing for his recently released mystery novel.
Arlington resident Robert Miller, whose book “Deep Stepping Stones” was released earlier this summer, will be appearing at the Arlington Public Library at 7 p.m. on Aug. 4.
The novel — Miller’s first attempt at writing — takes place in Butte, Mont., and Jackson, Wyo., and spins a story of a disappearing presidential candidate, drug deals and other elements into what Miller calls “a fairly quick read.”
SMOKEY POINT — A new tenant could be setting up shop in the old Food Pavilion building by early next year.
John van Rensburg, project manager for Seattle-based developer Gateway Partner, said that he has received a letter of intent from a national tenant to lease two-thirds of the building’s space.
Due to pending contracts, Rensburg could not release the name of that tenant, but said that he hopes to have the it in the space by the end of January 2011.
OSO — A 66-year-old Stanwood man was injured Wednesday, July 21, after a motorcycle collision with his wife while driving on SR 530.
The man was traveling with his wife when a deer jumped out into the road, causing him to collide with a motorcycle being driven by his 55-year-old wife.
Washington State Patrol Trooper Keith Leary said the man was transported to Cascade Valley Hospital with minor injuries.
ARLINGTON — A group of parents whose children attended Trafton Elementary School have filed an appeal against the Arlington School District in wake of the School Board’s decision to close the school.
The plaintiffs are asking for a Snohomish County Supreme Court judge to order a reversal of the Board’s unanimous decision to close Trafton, which had been continuously operated since 1888.
According to court documents filed July 13, the parents state that next school year their children will be forced to attend schools that do not meet adequate yearly progress benchmarks.
